Chance Warhol’s rolling circus calls to mind so many different genres when trying to relate it to performance. There’s a lot of Hip-Hop influence, spiced with an energy probably finds inspiration from an indie rock scene and he brings a small but extremely rowdy band in support. Anyone planning to attend Bonnaroo should be on alert to get familiar with the man, the band and the material now before ending up swept completely off your feet in June when the motley crew takes the stage.

Seeing 500+ people out on a Monday night in Nashville? For a Hip-Hop event? Fahgetabouit. Unheard of…until now. Salute to each and every person who came out to show support. Since January, I’ve attended three noteworthy events locally, full crowds at each performance but only a small overlap in people previously seen. Ultimately, that tells me two things. One, the Nashville scene is deeper and more diverse than I could have ever imagined. Two, starting to see a few of the same faces popping up – aside from media and artists – means the good word is spreading. Everything is beginning to sustain itself and the show will only help the night’s co-presenters, Lovenoise and Coffee, as they plan to bring their “The Living Room” set to Mai nightclub on Monday nights.

And somewhere in that crowd lurked one of the dudes from The Black Keys. Since this marks two times he’s been at a TSS event, I’m going to do a Google image search so I can keep an eye out for his face next time around or somebody tell buddy to tap me on the shoulder when he’s around. All I want to say is how f*cking enjoyable their catalog is and to thank them for Brothers.

Also, I walked past some guy multiple times, thinking “he looks exactly like Danger Mouse” and only to find out later from Maloney that it was indeed Danger Mouse. Yeah, Nashville is the new L.A.

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Wish I could have been there, sounds like a good time. Guess I’ll settle for SXSW….

03.08.11 at 12:22 pm

@beware4

Bigger and Deffer, indeed.

03.08.11 at 12:27 pm

Gotty™

I’ve decided we’re only doing extreme monkey shit for 2011.

03.08.11 at 12:33 pm

atxrocker

Waiting on those SXSW announcements

03.08.11 at 12:58 pm

El Rosado

Questlove on some live shit is fucking phenomenal, I’ve seen him twice, most recently at the end of January. Was he rocking the side drum too while he mixed? I think Quest and Jazzy Jeff have been the 2 best live solo hip-hop DJ’s I’ve ever seen perform, they both had mad stamina too (no homo) cause each cat rocked a good 3.5-4 hour set. I also saw all 4 of the X-ecutioners do their thing live back in like 2001, that was dope too. Goes to show these other DJ’sAintNoDJ’sTheyJustPlayThemFuckingMixtapes

03.08.11 at 1:03 pm

LASERS OUT TODAY!

That Dee Goodz kid was AMAZING! 2nd time catching him live. And I must say GODDAMN! That kid is gonne be huge. He reminds me of sooo many great artists its crazy!

Chance Warhol was a fly ass dude as well! Imma check out more of his music!

Quest Love changed my life. I went to work today with a breathe of Fresh Air. He played some of my favorite Slum Vill tracks, Wutang, etc. The list goes on.

Salute to whoever was involved in this!

03.08.11 at 1:13 pm

word is bond

I don’t usually fuck with Mai – but I’m damn sorry I wasn’t in town for this one.
Sidenote – who’s responsible for the sick posters?

03.08.11 at 1:16 pm

word is bond

Can’t help but think of my favorite Kanye tweet, when I see that jacket Dee Goodz is wearin:[twitter.com]

03.08.11 at 1:19 pm

Openmic

Great event! Dee Goodz And Chancellor Warhol was rockin AND ?uest killed his set!

03.08.11 at 1:25 pm

Gotty™

lmao @ that Kanye tweet

Word – I’ve never been in Mia prior to…but I’ll go back if the environment is like that. Not one bad incident @ all, minus some drunk dude getting put out. Everybody said “excuse me” when they bumped into you, all came for the music AND there was a smoking section. Fuckin lovely lol

03.08.11 at 1:34 pm

Thugnificence

Nashville is the new L.A.

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haha you should put that on a T-shirt. I never went to see a DJ in concert I Neva really made sense to me,I thought it was sumthin for “Ravers” but this shit sound ill! I’ve been missing out.

I was in attendance last night and it definitely was worth the price of admission. I’ll admit I was one of those restless souls who was beginning to tire at the midway point of the opening acts but as soon as Questlove started spinning, I felt like I was on some new type of crack.

Point blank, music makes me high and I definitely got my supply and then some at Mai. Can’t wait til the next event…

03.08.11 at 2:41 pm

J. Tinsley

Thought Gotty had a beer in his hand in that one pic.

I was let down.

03.08.11 at 5:28 pm

Gotty™

how dare you tins.

03.08.11 at 7:36 pm

DjYianni

yoo.. I saw Questlove last month at Smartbar in Chicago rock a 4 hour set. It was, hands down, the most amazing dj set I’ve ever heard. I got a chance to say a quick hello to one of my heroes before he went on the decks and I did what I thought I’d do. Our exchange went something like this:

I saw the Roots open for Pharcyde back in 93.. I didn’t even have my license so my sister had to drop me and my friend off at the venue. haha. I’ve been a fan ever since.

His Dj set though was in-sane. He played everything, and it was so flawless.. I ended up in VIP next to the booth and got to meet Aziz Ansari that night too.. My older brother ended up ditching me cuz he wanted to leave. I kept on telling him, “10 more minutes..” after this song… and around 3AM, he busted out the reggae that took me back to my 7th grade valentines dance and I told my bro he could take the train home. ha ha ha

03.08.11 at 9:53 pm

Tucker

That Dee Goodz guy was saying something about a mixtape. Where can I find his music? If you ask me the night wouldve been better with just him and Quest, not trying to diss or anything I just don’t think any of the other acts were truly “hip-hop”. The fact that a kid from Nashville even knew what the fuck Wu-Tang was astonished me. He was quite fresh.

Far as Quest Love, I already knew what I was getting into. I wanted to somehow get a picture but security was being an ass. He played Luchini and me and my old lady proceeded back to the VIP area and vibed out. Have’t had a feeling of hiphop in a long time. QUest took me back to ’94 when I was first entering into school. That era just doesn’t exist anymore. I mostly say this because the use of samples is quite dead within the music industry. LETS BRING BACK SAMPLES!

03.11.11 at 10:03 am

Gotty™

That era just doesn’t exist anymore. I mostly say this because the use of samples is quite dead within the music industry.
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I said the SAME exact thing to Maloney while we were listening to Quest, no lie.